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Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2019/S 157-388031/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Services

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Department of Finance
Postal address: 303 Airport Road West
Town: Belfast
Postal code: BT3 9ED
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Collaboration.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
Email: Collaboration.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: NI Public Sector — Provision of Energy Market Advisory Services (ID 2298214)

Reference number: ID 2298214
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 71314000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Services
II.1.4) Short Description: Construction and procurement delivery (CPD) is a Centre of procurement expertise (CoPE). It is responsible for disseminating advice and guidance on the direction and policies on public procurement to the Northern Ireland public sector and monitoring their implementation. It is also responsible for managing procurement’s on behalf of central government departments, their agencies and arm’s length bodies. In order to establish tender competitions during 2020/2021 in respect of electricity and gas and to manage the resultant contracts CPD now requires energy market intelligence expertise to provide specialist electricity and gas advisory services to the following bodies:
— Construction and procurement division (CPD),
— Education authority (EA),
— Translink,
— Business services organisation (BSO).
The contract will commence on the commencement date for 1 year with an option to extend for 1 further year.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 175000.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71314200, 71314300

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Construction and procurement delivery (CPD) is a Centre of procurement expertise (CoPE). It is responsible for disseminating advice and guidance on the direction and policies on public procurement to the Northern Ireland public sector and monitoring their implementation. It is also responsible for managing procurement’s on behalf of central government departments, their agencies and arm’s length bodies. In order to establish tender competitions during 2020/2021 in respect of electricity and gas and to manage the resultant contracts CPD now requires energy market intelligence expertise to provide specialist electricity and gas advisory services to the following bodies:
— Construction and procurement division (CPD),
— Education authority (EA),
— Translink,
— Business services organisation (BSO).
The contract will commence on the commencement date for 1 year with an option to extend for 1 further year.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no
II.2.14) Additional information: This contract will be open for use by all organisations covered by the NI Public Procurement Policy (NIPPP). Details of these organisations can be found here

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open procedureIV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2019-09-16 Local time: 15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tender must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:2019-12-15
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 2019-09-16 Local time: 15:30 Place:Clare House.

Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:CPD representatives.

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: CPD
Town: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2019-08-13